The repudiation of the primacy of understanding means the repudiation of the norms of judgment as well, and hence the abandonment of all ethical standards. – Johan Huizinga
Your testimonies are wonderful, therefore my soul keeps them. The unfolding of your words gives light, it imparts understanding to the simple. – The Bible Psalm 119:129-130
There is a state that is able to understand the demand in the economy. That state should use prices as an instrument for implementation of this understanding. – Anatoly Chubais
The Kobe craze really annoyed me. Most of the practitioners had no real understanding of the product and were abusing it and exploiting it in terrible and ridiculous ways. Kobe beef should not be used in a hamburger. It’s completely pointless. – Anthony Bourdain
Wisdom rests in the heart of him who has understanding, but what is in the heart of fools is made known. – The Bible Proverbs 14:33
Creation is a sustained period of bliss, even though the subject can still be very sad. Because there’s the triumph of coming through and understanding that you have, and that you did it the way only you could do it. You didn’t do it the way somebody told you to do it. – Alice Walker
Wisdom is found on the lips of him who has understanding, but a rod is for the back of him who is devoid of understanding. – The Bible Proverbs 10:13
A journalist enjoys a privileged position. In exchange for not being able to participate in the rough-and-tumble issues of a community, we are given license to observe it all, based on the understanding that we’ll tell everyone what happens fairly and squarely. That’s harder than it sounds. – Bill Kurtis
The duty of a historian is simply to understand and then convey that understanding, no more than that. – Antony Beevor
God manifests himself in each historical period according to the understanding of the people of the era. – Abdolkarim Soroush
Behold, God is mighty, and does not despise any, he is mighty in strength of understanding. – The Bible Job 36:5
I try to keep a balance between conceptional or intellectual comprehension and emotional understanding. – Alva Noto
Like John Major in her wake, Thatcher was convinced that she understood the Scots – yet couldn’t understand why we remained so stubbornly resistant towards the notion of understanding her. – Charles Kennedy
I think one of the key differentiators I bring to the table as a venture capitalist is a solid understanding of the public markets and how they operate. – Bill Gurley
Far too many well-connected businesses are feeding at the federal trough. By addressing corporate welfare as well as other forms of welfare, we would add a whole new level of understanding to the notion of entitlement reform. – Charles Koch
One of the things you do as a writer and as a filmmaker is grasp for resonant symbols and imagery without necessarily fully understanding it yourself. – Christopher Nolan
Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight. – The Bible Proverbs 3:5-6
My first job when I got my equity card was acting in 14 plays back-to-back. Playing that many roles, you look for ways of differentiating the characters physically, which goes hand in hand with understanding them psychologically. – Andy Serkis
Some of the most significant advances in molecular biology have relied upon the methodology of genetics. The same statement may be made concerning our understanding of immunological phenomena. – Baruj Benacerraf
We need to have an understanding of what causes what to happen in the world, and why. – Clayton Christensen
We need to kind of refresh our fear in order to refresh our understanding of how a safe place works. – Andrew Pyper
Our species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding of how the world works. – Carl Sagan
Hanging out with politicians and corporations is very unhip work. But I think that the U2 audience have turned out to be incredibly subtle in their understanding. – Bono
The will to label will always prevail over what’s being labeled, usually at the expense of either truth or understanding. – Boyd Rice